Obstructive sleep apnea or OSA affects nearly a billion people across the globe. It robs people of their sleep, they stop ...

It’s already FDA-approved to manage diabetes and obesity — now, researchers at UC San Diego have gotten it approved as the first effective drug therapy for sleep apnea. “Systolic blood ...

"It's called GLP-1 receptor," said Dr. Atul Malhotra from the UC San Diego School of Medicine. It’s already FDA-approved to ...

There are early and suggestive data that GLP-1 drugs reduce alcohol cravings. A large cohort of people with alcohol use ...

Another wearable device for sleep apnea delivers bilevel positive airway pressure (BPAP). More recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an implantable upper airway stimulation ...

This review included 30 studies to analyze the potential for prolonged life in patients who use CPAP to treat obstructive sleep apnea.